Camelot questioned over allegations of force

Allegations of force surround operator of alternative schools

Mar. 16, 2010

Written by

Rebekah Allen
rallen@pnj.com

The Escambia County School Board is expected to approve a contract with an alternative school company that has faced allegations of using excessive force against students.

Superintendent Malcolm Thomas is recommending the district enter into a $1.8 million contract with the nonprofit Camelot Schools of Pennsylvania to run a school for expelled middle school students from A.V. Clubbs and special-needs high school students from E-SEAL.

Camelot CEO John Harcourt said Monday that the allegations, raised in an article by the Times Picayune newspaper of New Orleans, were false and the use ...